catnapping

noun

1. a short, light nap or doze.

verb (used without object), cat·napped, cat·nap·ping.

2. to doze or sleep lightly.

noun

1. a short sleep or doze

verb -naps, -napping or -napped

2. (intr) to sleep or doze for a short time or intermittently

n.

also cat-nap, cat’s nap, by 1823, from cat (n.) + nap (n.). A nap such as a cat takes. As a verb from 1859.